Mr T Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 I trust you will have a good break and it sounds like it will do you good. Family can sometimes be very difficult and my recent scares with my mum have been very tiring and stressful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 27 minutes ago, Mr T said: I trust you will have a good break and it sounds like it will do you good. Family can sometimes be very difficult and my recent scares with my mum have been very tiring and stressful. Thanks, people's understanding here helps no end. Martian 👽 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Sorry to hear about this situation Martian, I hope you and the Missus have a lovely well deserved break. Ithe sounds idyllic. Loving the TR too. I remember the size of the boot too (sold mine a few years ago needing restoration and just concentrate on the VWS now ). Have a great time away. Have you left CC looking after your thread while you are away !!! Best wishes Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 1 minute ago, bigbadbadge said: Sorry to hear about this situation Martian, I hope you and the Missus have a lovely well deserved break. Ithe sounds idyllic. Loving the TR too. I remember the size of the boot too (sold mine a few years ago needing restoration and just concentrate on the VWS now ). Have a great time away. Have you left CC looking after your thread while you are away !!! Best wishes Chris Thanks Chris, we certainly intend to have a good time. As for letting CC loose on my thread, do I really look that daft? Hang on, those who met me at Telford might argue that I do. Martian 👽 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 20 hours ago, Martian Hale said: Mrs Martian has found us a cottage about 100 yards from a real ale pub for next week. Mate, If you run short, I can load up the van. Just PM the postcode. Enjoy. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 What you need is a nice and easy OUT-OF-BOX build. Sometimes you need to look after No. 1, otherwise you'll be no good to anybody. Enjoy your break. Stuart 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Just now, Pete in Lincs said: Mate, If you run short, I can load up the van. Just PM the postcode. Enjoy. Thanks Pete, I may well take you up on that! Martian 👽 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 43 minutes ago, Courageous said: What you need is a nice and easy OUT-OF-BOX build. Sometimes you need to look after No. 1, otherwise you'll be no good to anybody. Enjoy your break. Stuart Very true Stuart. However, Martian and OOB in the same sentence, really? Martian 👽 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Just picked up on this one again. Sorry to hear of your challenges Martian. Hope you enjoy your break! Cheers Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Car Nice, very nice (you do keep your eye on the power block in the wiring loom left side of the engine compartment I'm sure. As I was an AA man during the TR7's prime, that was a little expected glitch when corrosion got inside the plastic plug unit and ate away the cable end) Yes I know, and Martian knows I know its not a 7 really Have a damned good time, (guess who found a French Real Ale Brewery in Le Mans? Zeugma, quite a decent brew ) Actually if Pete brings reinforcements should we all pop down there? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 4 hours ago, Terry1954 said: Just picked up on this one again. Sorry to hear of your challenges Martian. Hope you enjoy your break! Cheers Terry Thanks Terry. 3 hours ago, perdu said: Car Nice, very nice (you do keep your eye on the power block in the wiring loom left side of the engine compartment I'm sure. As I was an AA man during the TR7's prime, that was a little expected glitch when corrosion got inside the plastic plug unit and ate away the cable end) Yes I know, and Martian knows I know its not a 7 really Have a damned good time, (guess who found a French Real Ale Brewery in Le Mans? Zeugma, quite a decent brew ) Actually if Pete brings reinforcements should we all pop down there? Thanks for the tip Bill although I have not had any problems there in any of the TRs I have had (famous last words!). How do you mean that Sarah-Jane is not really a 7? It says so on the tin and she says she is most offended. If anyone wants to pop round with Pete they are more than welcome. I am already anticipating a ginormous bottle mountain by the end of the week. Martian 👽 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Martian Hale said: anticipating a ginormous bottle mountain by the end of the week I'll keep my (glass) eye out for that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Sorry to hear of your woes, but I'm sure a weekend of debauchery good beer will help enormously. Don't forget we have to "look after" Tony's place too once you're back! Ian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Sarah Jane looks very TR8 to me although the water in that part of Triumph's gene pool got very muddied towards the end Triumph Acclaim? I ask you... Lovely little Hondas they were Whatever have a great time 👍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 3 hours ago, limeypilot said: Sorry to hear of your woes, but I'm sure a weekend of debauchery good beer will help enormously. Don't forget we have to "look after" Tony's place too once you're back! Ian Thanks Ian. I am looking forward to the bash at Tony's and in the unlikely event that there is any ale left after our week away I shall bring it along. 30 minutes ago, perdu said: Sarah Jane looks very TR8 to me although the water in that part of Triumph's gene pool got very muddied towards the end Triumph Acclaim? I ask you... Lovely little Hondas they were Whatever have a great time 👍 I see what you mean Bill. Externally, the 7 and the 8 are very hard to tell apart, excepting the large TR7 or TR8 written on the boot. When she needed an engine rebuild, toyed with the idea of upgrading her to TR8 spec but couldn't see much advantage in it other than the very dubious privilege of having much higher petrol bills. It would also have meant sacrificing boot space as the 8 has the battery in there. Time to go and load her up methinks. I did manage to get the radio constructed earlier and the interior has just been primed with some Mr Surfacer so she will be ready for interior painting to commence upon my return. I am rather looking forward to getting the airframe together, all indications are that even in 1/72 scale she is going to b a bit of a beast. Martian 👽 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Here's hoping your break is a good un for you & your wife Martian, it sounds as though you both deserve it after your trials & tribulations. I'm a bit jealous of your TR.7, I liked the look of them though we saw few out here, I believe by the time the drop top came along most of their quality problems were sorted. I rather fancied a 7 with the Dolomite Sprint motor which I believe several were made by BL. Aaah, such youthful dreams. Take care. Steve. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Have a great Week end with your great lady and Sarah Jane (Saying it that way can make the Baron raising an eyebrow 😜) When you do the best for someone who did'nt see it, just do what seem good to you that's the point ! Our parents seem made from the same wood exept that in my case it's my mother who create the mess ! Same taste for the rocket fuel ...🤔 Enjoy your Week end Dear Alien ! I'm glad for you about that tiny pub, send us some pics ! Sincerely. CC Hum ! Don't you worry I will look at your Thread 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 15 hours ago, perdu said: Actually if Pete brings reinforcements should we all pop down there? and so endeth Mr and Mrs Martian's peaceful romantic getaway. Can you imagine the party though? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 On 6/22/2018 at 2:31 PM, Martian Hale said: Like watching Simon Templar getting ready to go on holiday in an episode of The Saint with them spiffy wheels !! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 On 22/06/2018 at 08:24, Martian Hale said: As to real ale and modelling, I have been getting away with it for years and have the scars to prove it, so there! That does explain a few things.................. On the plus side it does allow others to win gold Kev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Just catching up on this one, and I'm so sorry to hear of your tribulations. We went through this with my father-in-law and I have a sense of what you're experiencing. I'm also a firm believer in talking through times of difficulty, as evidenced by my endless chatter here whilst I was going through my last chemo regimen. I only wish I had learned of your situation before we met recently - we could have commiserated over lunch and the visit to Hannants. Hang in there and remember you always have a bunch of silly sods here on Britmodeller for support. We can help with just about anything - except, I suppose, getting Mr. Color out from under your fingernails. Haven't figured that one out yet. Cheers, Bill PS. She looked like a TR7 to me... 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Laugh for you Bill not Martian's situation, though I have a few laughs from my dad's story at the end Might be worth telling some other day, elsewhere My Sevendentification came because most of the 7s I worked on were hard topped and the opened out ones were mostly (at the time) conversions to convertible status and early identifications of 8s were mostly that 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 On 6/24/2018 at 9:33 PM, perdu said: Laugh for you Bill not Martian's situation, though I have a few laughs from my dad's story at the end Might be worth telling some other day, elsewhere My Sevendentification came because most of the 7s I worked on were hard topped and the opened out ones were mostly (at the time) conversions to convertible status and early identifications of 8s were mostly that Which one of the TR has the turn signal relay in the rear left fender ?? electric connections problems on Triumph and BL ??? Nooooo ??? Seriously ?? I remember the Allegro…. Drying the HV leads and distributor…. And dancing a lot when the 🤬🤬 driver try to start it whilst you still have your hands on !! Sincerely. CC 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 On 6/24/2018 at 5:40 PM, Navy Bird said: We can help with just about anything - except, I suppose, getting Mr. Color out from under your fingernails. Haven't figured that one out yet. There is definitely something in that paint that defies understanding! Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Clearly Martian#s been refreshing the parts other . err .... tentacles can't reach, as we haven't heard from him for a while -- but I was forcibly reminded of him this morning when idly examinimg the last page of th the July Scale Aircraft Modelling and saw that a featured build in the next (August) issue was of the very Valom Albatross being modelled here by Martian by someone called Andy Cable. At first I thought Andy Cable might be a pseudonym for Martian, but in all honesty I am now thinking this is one of those spooky coincidences that assail us from time to time. it will be interesting to hear the thoughts of the green one ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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